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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

80

Gender

Male

Birthday

1958-02-20 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]

Also Known As

جیمز ویلبی

James Wilby

Biography

James Wilby (born 20 February 1958) is an English actor, known for Maurice (1987), Gosford Park (2001), Howards End (1992), and A Handful of Dust (1988).

Known For

Maurice

Maurice

Merchant Ivory

Merchant Ivory

Adam Bede

Adam Bede

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Howards End

Howards End

Acting

Gosford Park

2001

Gosford Park

as

Freddie Nesbitt

Maurice

1987

Maurice

as

Maurice Hall

Masquerade

2022

Masquerade

as

Thomas

It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You

2007

It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You

as

John Locke

De-Lovely

2004

De-Lovely

as

Edward Thomas

Tell Me That You Love Me

1991

Tell Me That You Love Me

as

Michael Evans

Cotton Mary

1999

Cotton Mary

as

John MacIntosh

A Summer Story

1988

A Summer Story

as

Frank Ashton

A Risk Worth Taking

2008

A Risk Worth Taking

as

Patrick Trenchard

E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey

2019

E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey

as

Narrator

A Room with a View

1986

A Room with a View

as

Party Guest (uncredited)

An Ideal Husband

1999

An Ideal Husband

as

Sir Robert Chiltern

The Dark Room

1999

The Dark Room

as

Dr Alan Protheroe

Merchant Ivory

2024

Merchant Ivory

as

Self

Vindication Swim

2024

Vindication Swim

as

Mr. Havers

George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

2002

George Eliot: A Scandalous Life

as

Herbert Spencer

Adam Bede

1992

Adam Bede

as

Arthur Donnithorne

Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story

2012

Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story

as

Wilfred De'Ath

Vincent

2013

Vincent

as

The Man

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

2024

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

as

Viscount Algernon

Churchill's Secret

2016

Churchill's Secret

as

Brendan Bracken

A Handful of Dust

1988

A Handful of Dust

as

Tony Last

Bertie and Elizabeth

2002

Bertie and Elizabeth

as

King George VI, aka 'Bertie'

Shadows in the Sun

2009

Shadows in the Sun

as

Robert

Regeneration

1997

Regeneration

as

2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon

Lady Godiva

2008

Lady Godiva

as

Earl of Mercia, Leofric

The Chess Game

1994

The Chess Game

as

Lord Staunton

Dutch Girls

1985

Dutch Girls

as

Dundine

Jump Tomorrow

2001

Jump Tomorrow

as

Nathan

Clapham Junction

2007

Clapham Junction

as

Julian Rowan

Dreamchild

1985

Dreamchild

as

Baker

ChickLit

2016

ChickLit

as

Geoffrey

The Last Days of the Raj

2007

The Last Days of the Raj

as

Lord Mountbatten

Sparkling Cyanide

2003

Sparkling Cyanide

as

Stephen Farraday

Howards End

1992

Howards End

as

Charles Wilcox

Tom's Midnight Garden

1999

Tom's Midnight Garden

as

Uncle Alan Kitson

Immaculate Conception

1992

Immaculate Conception

as

Alistair

The Sense of an Ending

2017

The Sense of an Ending

as

David Ford

Privileged

1982

Privileged

as

Jamie

The Woman In White

1997

The Woman In White

as

Sir Percival Glyde

The Siege of Venice

1991

The Siege of Venice

as

Witness Against Hitler

1996

Witness Against Hitler

as

Helmuth James von Moltke

Salt

2019

Salt

as

Conrad

The Treasure Seekers

1996

The Treasure Seekers

as

Henry Carlisle

The Duke

2021

The Duke

as

Judge Aarvold

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

2002

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

as

Self (uncredited)

Mystery at the Prospect Hotel

Mystery at the Prospect Hotel

as

Mr. Vincent

Island at War

Island at War

as

Sen. James Dorr

The Bill

The Bill

as

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

as

Nick Marvin

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

as

Foyle's War

Foyle's War

as

Major Cornwall

The Storyteller

The Storyteller

as

Prince

Crocodile Shoes

Crocodile Shoes

as

Jericho

Jericho

as

Alan Mills

Trial & Retribution

Trial & Retribution

as

Mother Love

Mother Love

as

Christopher "Kit" Vesey

Legends

Legends

as

Headmaster

Victoria

Victoria

as

Sir Piers Gifford

Father Brown

Father Brown

as

Sefton Scott

The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells

The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells

as

Pawkins

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

as

Henry

Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

as

Casualty

Casualty

as

Archie Grayling

Ripper Street

Ripper Street

as

Charles Broadwick

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

as

Young Barclay

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

as

Stanley Kirkwood

Murder in Mind

Murder in Mind

as

Daniel Morton / Sir Richard Morton

Titanic

Titanic

as

Bruce Ismay

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

as

Sydney Carton

The Great Train Robbery

The Great Train Robbery

as

John Wheater

Lady Chatterley

Lady Chatterley

as

Sir Clifford Chatterley

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as

Andrew Restarick

Screen One

Screen One

as

Arthur Donnithorne

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

as

Edward Milton

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

as

Elias Thomson

Poldark

Poldark

as

Lord Falmouth

The Famous Five

The Famous Five

as

Mr Vincent

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

as

Ofonius Tigellinus

The Marlow Murder Club

The Marlow Murder Club

as

Sir Peter Bailey

Production

Crew

Directing